A dispute involving six-dozen undersized fish has a group of legal scholars arguing the federal government’s tendency
to broadly interpret the criminal code runs the risk of making everyone guilty of an illegal act.

The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether homeowners who declare bankruptcy can void a second mortgage if the home's
market value has dropped below the amount they owe on the first mortgage.

The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States not to hear any of the same-sex marriage cases before it was unexpected
but very welcomed by the same-sex couples and their attorneys who challenged Indiana’s marriage ban.

The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States not to hear any of the same-sex marriage cases before them was unexpected
but very welcomed by the same-sex couples and their attorneys who had challenged Indiana’s marriage ban.

The fastest and surest path to marriage for same-sex couples in some parts of the United States would be for the U.S. Supreme
Court to surprise everyone and decline to get involved in the issue right now.

In the race to get a same-sex marriage case before the Supreme Court of the United States this term, Indiana Attorney General
Greg Zoeller’s office is arguing the state’s three lawsuits provide the best vehicle for resolving the same-sex
marriage issue.

Utah has decided to go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court to argue against gay marriage, meaning the nation's highest
court will have at least one same-sex marriage case on its plate when it returns in October.

How much distance from an immoral act is enough? That's the difficult question behind the next legal dispute over religion,
birth control and the health law that is likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday confirmed that its decision a day earlier extending religious rights to
closely held corporations applies broadly to the contraceptive coverage requirement in the new health care law, not just the
handful of methods the justices considered in their ruling.

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois
cannot be required to pay fees that help cover the union's costs of collective bargaining.

The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday limited the president's power to fill high-level administration posts
with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan clash with President Barack Obama.

The first ruling by a federal appeals court that states cannot prevent gay couples from marrying makes it more likely the
Supreme Court of the United States will ultimately have to make a decision it has so far avoided — do states have the
ability to prohibit same-sex marriage?

In an emphatic defense of privacy in the digital age, a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States ruled Wednesday that
police generally may not search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants.

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday placed limits on the sole Obama administration program already in place to
deal with power plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.